*drum roll* Here is the cover for my book, which will be published by @cornellupress.bsky.social on 15 April 2026! I thought it would be nice to share a bit of info on who these men were and how their lives and interests inspired the design...

📣 Sex Work Studies and History workshop, with an opening talk from NUM CEO, Lynsey Walton! In-person and online, free to attend, full details below #RightsNotRescue

Wonderful to be at the Dublin launch at another great book on Irish queer history - ‘Love in the Lav; A social biography of same sec desire in Ireland, 1922-1072’ by @aearls.bsky.social #irishhistory #history #irishqueerhistory is such an exciting area for scholars these days … finally! #spéirghorn

Free to everyone to download academic books are a blessing!

Single Mothers in Twentieth-century Ireland and Britain. Interesting looking book launch coming up👇

A very knowledgeable academic account to follow @drcamillewaring.bsky.social if you are interested in non consensual images and wider questions

In Dublin, on Fenian Street, there's a factory that makes child sex abuse material. You can pay it money, as a subscription, and that's one of the services it offers. This doesn't happen by mistake or because you've tricked or hacked the system. It’s a feature. www.thegist.ie/the-gist-the...

Last November we held a consultation with feminist activists, scholars and anti-trafficking experts to ask whether we should be looking to alternatives to the criminal law to achieve justice for victims of trafficking. Here is what we found out: gaatw.org/resources/pu...

UL's Dr Leanne Calvert joins Fin Dwyer on the Irish History Podcast to discuss her research into the secret sex lives of Presbyterians in Ulster in the 18th century, which she has revealed in her book, Pious & Promiscuous: Life, Love & Family in Presbyterian Ulster. open.spotify.com/episode/6dkU...

Happy New Year! This year our theme for International Women's Day, and our work, is Strength in Solidarity!

Appreciation today for the late great Dr Vicky Conway who did so much of the groundwork to get this to happen. She is always loved and remembered by the many, many people she helped 💚

Verysad to hear about the loss of Bill Abom. 💔

Speaker Line Up! Hear some rallying calls before we set off to Reclaim public space for all accompanied by Chidambaram samba band! Gather in Writers Square from 5pm for speakers at 5:30pm Saturday 29th November 2025. #RTNBelfast #16DaysNI

New #CallforPapers! This issue will aim to highlight cases of intersectional, intermovement alliance and solidarity building between different marginalised and oppressed groups. See call 👉🏼 www.antitraffickingreview.org/index.php/at... Guest editors @drellac.bsky.social & @joelquirk.bsky.social

This year @decrimnow.bsky.social researched the reasons why sex workers in England and Wales are currently entering and remaining in the industry. Read the full report by here: decrimnow.org.uk/2025/10/30/d... #16DaysOfActivism #SexWorkIsWork

(1/6) Please join the Critical Trafficking and Sex Work Studies Research Cluster (at York University: www.yorku.ca/cfr/traffick...) for a candlelight vigil on December 17, 2025, from 12-12:30 PM EST in recognition of the International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers.

What a wonderful President we have. #translivesmatter #transrightsarehumanrights

Placard Making for Reclaim the Night 27 November, 5:30 - 7:30pm PS2, Rosemary Street Drop into PS2, Rosemary Street, to make a placard for Reclaim the Night, a badge to wear your feminist politics out and about, and have a chat over pizza! Free, materials provided. #16DaysNI #16Days

Despite huge sums spent on anti-trafficking, there are staggeringly few evaluations of interventions & growing evidence of harms caused. This new edited book with @uclpress.bsky.social is our attempt to help change that. 1/ Open access with free digital downloads: uclpress.co.uk/book/evaluat...

Fabulous to see Irish historians of 'fallen women' doing so well @badbridgetbook.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Best wishes to Linda who will be very sadly missed as will SWAI 😢

Exciting news! Filming will soon start on a Bad Bridgets film, inspired by Elaine Farrell & Leanne McCormick's great book. We're delighted to have both Elaine & Leanne on our USIHS Committee (for many reasons, this is just today's extra one) @badbridgetbook.bsky.social deadline.com/2025/10/dais...

ISWRN member Caroline West's wonderful book - Wrong Women - on the history of Monto, Dublin's famous red light district is up for the @hodgesfiggis.bsky.social History Book of the Year in the An Post Irish Book Awards 💚irishbookawards.bsky.social You can vote online www.irishbookawards.ie/vote/

Pious and promiscuous, but was there sex work? Will probably have to buy or find a library to borrow from to find out! Congratulations on your book Dr Leanne Calvert @leannecalvert.bsky.social @unioflimerick.bsky.social

New publication from our Board member Dr Doris Murphy Murphy, D. (2025) 'Street walking, crip talking, care imagining: Disabled sex workers in Ireland', The European Sociologist, 52. europeansociology.org/european-soc...

A reminder that ISWRN is not a closed shop! We welcome new members, including academics, practitioners, sex workers and students. Complete the form on our website to join iswrn.org/membership/

Important reading for academics conducting research involving sex workers 👇

Deleted ISWRN Twitter/X today. It is no longer a place we want to be on.

Pretty special event coming up to mark 50 years since the historic Saint-Nizier Church occupation in Lyon. Taking place in many countries across Europe but can be viewed online. Well done @eswa-network.bsky.social 👏 #sexwork #history #skystorians

Thank you so much @iswrn.bsky.social for sharing this. I've just listened to the lecture. Incredibly important research, stories and perspectives being shared. And so much I didn't know. I will be getting a copy of Caroline's book ASAP! Lecture available here: ucc.cloud.panopto.eu/Panopto/Page...

Thanks to Caroline West for a great lecture on the lives of women selling sex in Dublin’s Monto at the turn of the nineteenth century. @iswrn.bsky.social

Highly recommend this. Laura herself would have loved it.

If you are looking for something amazing to watch this weekend, UCC has left this link up for now and you can watch back! #skystorians #sexwork #humanrights

We are very much looking forward to welcoming attendees to the Laura Lee Annual Sex Worker Human Rights Lecture with Dr Caroline West today at 5pm. Webcast link is now on the event page and will also reply to this post with it. www.eventbrite.ie/e/laura-lee-...

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Join Here NI and the Body Politic for this upcoming 'The Housewife and the Heteropatriarchy - Far Right Versions of Control' event taking place on 15th May 3pm-5pm. To register email [email protected]. @hereni.bsky.social

Reminder that the brilliant bestselling author Dr Caroline West is talking tomorrow evening (Friday 9 May 5pm) about the history of sex work in Ireland at the Laura Lee Sex Worker Human Rights Lecture. Cork and online. Register at EventBrite www.eventbrite.ie/e/laura-lee-... #skystorians #spéirgorm

If you are looking for something more like a party on Friday night and you are in Dublin, the amazing Red Umbrella Éireann, who sit on our Board, are hosting what promises to be an unforgettable night to help raise funds for their film festival later this year www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/red-umbrel...

The Third Laura Lee Sex Worker Human Rights lecture is this Friday 9 May. It will be presented by Dr Caroline Ryan, bestselling author of Wrong Women: Selling Sex in Monto, Dublin's Forgotten Red Light District. Free entry. Come and meet us in Cork or join online! www.eventbrite.ie/e/laura-lee-...

Are you going to the Sociological Association of Ireland (SAI) conference in Cork this week? At 5pm on Friday 8 May you can attend the Laura Lee Sex Worker Human Rights Lecture www.eventbrite.ie/e/laura-lee-... #sociology #irishsociology #history #humanrights #speirgorm

Can now confirm this event will be livestreamed online, so please register if you want to watch online as you cannot make it to Cork.

This @royalhistsoc.org call for papers could include topics of policing in countries like Ireland where British imperialism has and continues to shape policing and of course histories of trafficking royalhistsoc.org/calendar/mob...

Join us for The Body Politic Dublin event- the first in a series of three workshops which look at bodily autonomy beyond abortion! 📅 Sat 17 May ⏰ 16:00 - 18:00 📍 Naughton Institute 🎟️ buff.ly/k4xkRv7 Please share! 📢

Historians for Trans Rights - open letter, please sign - you don’t have to be a UK based historian to sign the letter #allyship #solidarity docs.google.com/forms/u/1/d/...

You are warmly invited to the third Laura Lee Sex Worker Human Rights Lecture, which will be taking place at University College Cork (UCC) on Friday 9th May 2025 at 17:00. www.eventbrite.ie/e/laura-lee-... #sexwork #humanrights #skystorians #speirgorm

The ISWRN operates an email discussion list for its membership to enable greater collaboration between persons with a shared interest in and ethical commitment to sex work scholarship in Ireland. Join here: iswrn.org/membership/ #sexwork #ireland

🚨A NEW POLL released by Amnesty UK reveals that the majority of the public wants a total decriminalisation of sex work - which would make sex workers’ jobs much safer. 61% of UK adults believe it should no longer be a crime for two or more sex workers to work together. 🧵1/4

New research that @uglymugsie.bsky.social and @swaiireland.bsky.social were involved in, the Sex Work and Sexual Violence project. Resources published here: www.sexworkandsexualviolence.com/resources/

The Irish Sex Work Research Network (ISWRN) is a platform for those interested in sex work and sexual governance scholarship within the island of Ireland. We are here on BlueSky now, please give us a follow :)